By Fire Well and Tree

Photo by Egor Kamelev: https://www.pexels.com/photo/sturgeon-fish-swimming-in-aquarium-7987543/  Definitely the dog days of summer around here.  July in central Ohio is shaping up like other July's.  Hot. Humid. The idea of rain but no actual rain. The civic holiday of July 4 has gone, but that hasn't meant people have stopped with the fireworks.  I keep hoping they'll run out, but it's July 10 as I'm writing this, and some neighbors still had some last night. It's not like it's not the time for that. If I look to my idealized past of paleopagan ancestors, this would be a time between planting and harvesting, so a few weeks of blowing off steam before the work begins again is, I suppose, in keeping with the spirit of the season. I am off to a family get together and then straight on to  Sirius Rising  festival.  I'll do a review when I get back.  This will post after I've left, but I may or may not have Internet access to post an announcement on Face

Lake Michigan I know I should have something more astrologically pertinent, but that is my current view out my window in Chicago :)  ANYWAY, we are heading into Leo season, but we have to say farewell to Cancer first. The New Moon is in Cancer on July 17, so our intention and focus for the month could be on nurturing, feelings, emotions and empathy, especially as related to which house in your chart this falls. So, for example, mine falls in my Fifth House which has to do with creativity, arts, and even romance. In fact, my sun will be in this house the entire moonth!   First quarter is on July 25, and the Sun will have moved into Leo and is square the Moon in Scorpio.  The friction here is between being showy and dramatic, focusing on external performance and presentation and focused intensity and control of Scorpio, suggesting to work from inside ourselves to see what the best direction it may be to go.  The Full Moon on August 1, with Leo Sun opposed to Aquarius Moon.    The tension